Yuj Ventures is the private investing arm of the Yuj platform, that also includes Yuj Kutumb and the Yuj Foundation, the impact investing and grant making arms respectively. Together, they represent the interests of Sid Yog, founder of global emerging markets investment firm Xander Group, and community centric commercial real estate company, VR South Asia. Yuj Ventures invests in new and innovative ideas; helps rapidly growing companies scale in emerging markets; and enables networks, alliances and joint ventures that support emerging markets’ entry. Yuj Kutumb supports for-profit organizations providing societal benefits and/or public goods in a financially sustainable way. Yuj Foundation has an annual grant making program for social entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations in three primary areas - education, urbanization, and the arts. The focus areas represent our principal’s belief that a better world requires universal access to a quality education that fosters life long curiosity, a sustainable world requires regenerative urbanization and de-urbanization, and a civilized world requires more support to the arts which make us human. Yuj seeks to achieve this mission by backing passionate entrepreneurs globally. The Yuj portfolio spans the United States, England, India, Israel, Hong Kong, Latin America, Brazil, Africa, Singapore and SE Asia. Ventures include omni channel and online retail, sustainable energy, new age flexible living and working platforms, food, entertainment and hospitality ventures, digital media, and tech enabled disruptors in traditional sectors like education, healthcare and real estate.